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She kept her lover on the side—now she's keeping him in the freezer. Italian sleaze at its finest.
TMDB
57
IMDb
58
Rotten Tomatoes
39
Audience Score
39
Google
87
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Macabre (1980)

Grimy giallo-adjacentSleazy exploitationNew Orleans decay-core

Overview

Horror

A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.

Flag of ITITItalian
Content warning
murdernecrophiliablindnessmental illnessaccidentrefrigeratorperversiondead childdisembodied head
Grief as perversionMaternal obsessionThe grotesque preservation of loveVoyeurism and blindness

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

That freezer prop deserves its own credit.

Acting

Bernice Stegers commits to unhinged like rent's due.

Best for:Solo: Midnight viewing with the lights off and shame on.·Friends: Bad taste horror nights—watch them squirm.
Heads up:Disturbing: Necrophilia played weirdly romantic, not scary.·Emotional: Dead child subplot lingers nastily.
Lamberto Bava

Director

Lamberto Bava

ReleasedApr 17, 1980
Runtime1h 29m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
A.M.A. Film
Medusa Distribuzione

Top Cast

Bernice Stegers

Bernice Stegers

Jane Baker

Stanko Molnar

Stanko Molnar

Robert Duval

Veronica Zinny

Veronica Zinny

Lucy Baker

Roberto Posse

Roberto Posse

Fred Kellerman

Fernando Pannullo

Fernando Pannullo

Leslie Baker

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Lamberto Bava made this right before Demons, proving he could do grimy psychological horror before going full demon-metal.

Cultural

This was marketed as 'shocking' in 1980, but it's really a maternal melodrama in exploitation drag—think Mildred Pierce with a severed head.

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